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NO, It's NOT "Time for Mark Zuckerberg to Give Up Control of Facebook"

It’s time for the Mark Zuckerbergs of the world to become irrelevant, instead. Even if they are cooperatives

Q: Can we convert facebook into a global coop? A: WHY should we?

“Seems like Facebook is going downhill for here. Perhaps opportunity to convert it into a global coop?” When I saw this question asked online, I couldn’t help but repeat asking how to convert Facebook, Twitter and similar platforms into a global coop is not the right question. The right question is: WHY should anyone do such a thing? What good would it make?

WITHOUT perclouds you may not do anything else right

This is an answer to a question I just received about the percloud, my proposal for really usable alternatives to centralized social networks and services like Gmail and Facebook.

Please STOP demanding (self) regulation of Facebook, INSTEAD of turning it into a...

Today, a former Washington Post publisher and Facebook board member rightly opposed requests “for the regulation of big technology companies”… but omitting a crucial point.

Children should build their online presence. Sure, but where?

There is a post about children and their online presence that is great, except for a serious omission.

The next three titles about cops with fingerprint scanners

Wired reports that “UK police are now using fingerprint scanners on the streets to identify people in less than a minute”. I have a feeling that the next three titles on the same topic may be something like these: